Clarion angel video
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And I've seen plenty...
Cantonesefish
with active cooling
Thanks for the video ! When you said holding tank I was thinking 5'x3'x2' LOL
I like the dark orange coloration on the sides, but I'm crazy
I like the dark orange coloration on the sides, but I'm crazy
Kahuna Tuna
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I love the look of the clarion, both the juvie and adult and dont think there is truly an ugly angelfish with the exception of the "old woman". I have been in the hobby long enough to remember when a clarion could be had in So Cal for just around $100, but that was in 1970's dollars. I remember the ones I saw were very aggressive, quite like a passer, but very pretty.
Yeah, they were a tough sell back in the 80's 90's. Just as aggressive as passers (which people ALWAYS brought back to the store due to aggression) but considerably more expensive.
They look pretty good under reef lighting. Too bad that few can afford a steady diet of coral if you do put them in a reef... and even fewer have reef lighting on a FOWLR.
I had one in college that was traded in to our shop after I ordered it for a guy for his 200 - it was about $175 IIRC and the guy took it home in the shipping bag. It was a puppy dog type of fish like a passer in a different costume. I had 10Ks and URI Actinics back in that day and the orange and blues were really nice. I truly regret selling it when I moved back home, along with a blue ribbon eel that ate krill and formula 1 frozen food (it was traded in too and I have no idea how the guy got it to eat).
I had one in college that was traded in to our shop after I ordered it for a guy for his 200 - it was about $175 IIRC and the guy took it home in the shipping bag. It was a puppy dog type of fish like a passer in a different costume. I had 10Ks and URI Actinics back in that day and the orange and blues were really nice. I truly regret selling it when I moved back home, along with a blue ribbon eel that ate krill and formula 1 frozen food (it was traded in too and I have no idea how the guy got it to eat).
cortez marine
In Memoriam
one Clarion hybrid in the mob
one Clarion hybrid in the mob
Among the clarions just brought in...there was one special one.... shown here.
He is a redder medium clarion passer hybrid.
The costs of getting them are higher then ever but Clarions are cheaper now in keeping with economic realities.
Steve
one Clarion hybrid in the mob
Among the clarions just brought in...there was one special one.... shown here.
He is a redder medium clarion passer hybrid.
The costs of getting them are higher then ever but Clarions are cheaper now in keeping with economic realities.
Steve
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tanglovers
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Great collection!
I hear they are all in the 4" and larger size no little ones this trip? Any shots of the smallest 4" ones with juvenile colors yet?
I hear they are all in the 4" and larger size no little ones this trip? Any shots of the smallest 4" ones with juvenile colors yet?
jmaneyapanda
Commencing hatred
Not true. I have had mine in a reef for well over a year now, and he has never touched a corals.
Peter- I would typically agree with you, as when looking at my tank, it seems so "neutral" (mostly black and white and greys, with small splashes of yellow or value), but I find clarions jaw dropping. They are not gaudy like a harlequin tusk, but just vivid. That mossy green is entrancing to me against the orange.
That video makes me want to go out and buy some creamsicles.
cortez marine
In Memoriam
I remember when gasoline was just 25 cents a gallon at Wolco.
A plane ticket to San Diego from SFO was $29.00 on PSA.....
and there was no internet to tell the exporters the prices of everything.
Now, exporters want the wholesales price themselves and sit at the computer all day dreaming of it....and inching up justifications for higher export costs.
These higher costs make expeditions extremely "cash intensive" and risky.
There is no margin for failure.
So little margin that it may very well become ill-advised to go after rare fish in the future.
Steve
Permit politics can take forever and ruin years of investment while people and gear stand idle.
Partners may die while waiting for all to come thru....
Its not as simple as you may think.
A plane ticket to San Diego from SFO was $29.00 on PSA.....
and there was no internet to tell the exporters the prices of everything.
Now, exporters want the wholesales price themselves and sit at the computer all day dreaming of it....and inching up justifications for higher export costs.
These higher costs make expeditions extremely "cash intensive" and risky.
There is no margin for failure.
So little margin that it may very well become ill-advised to go after rare fish in the future.
Steve
Permit politics can take forever and ruin years of investment while people and gear stand idle.
Partners may die while waiting for all to come thru....
Its not as simple as you may think.
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Kieth71
New member
I think its interesting to hear from the collector.All the work that goes into getting these beautiful fish to us is taken for granted alot of times.I know i sometimes look at a fish and never even think what it took to get it to the store and wonder why things cost what they do.Ty for sharing with us as i enjoy hearing from your perspective-Kieth
Kahuna Tuna
Active member
You say that like its a bad thing.
cortez marine
In Memoriam
Rare fish ;
Not rare in nature but as in rare in the marketplace.
Many rare fish are wonderfully abundant in their far-flung locales but logistically inconvenient.
Steve
Not rare in nature but as in rare in the marketplace.
Many rare fish are wonderfully abundant in their far-flung locales but logistically inconvenient.
Steve
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